Massage therapy after heart surgery: Possibly pleasant, but not effective

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-77

  Baxter, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BECK ANXIETY INDEX; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; NOTE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROFILE OF MOOD STATES; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79951743399     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2010.01070_20.x     Document Type: Note

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